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Laim Patent No. 102,619, aan May 3, 1870.

IMPRGVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR THE COMBUSTION OF PETROLEUM AND OTHERHYDRGCARBQN LIQoIDs.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoMnn TAYLOR, of the city of Dumfries, in that partof Great Britain called Scotland, at present a resident ot' Montreal,Canada, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for the Generation andCombustion ofthe Gases contained in Ptroleumand other HydrocarbonSubstances, and utilizing them in furnaces for steam-boilers or, forother analogous purposes. The following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsmaking part ot' this specication, in whiclrl Figure l is a transverseelevation, with the front of the inclosing wall removed;

Figure 2, a longitudinal elevation, with the side of the inelosureremoved Y Figure 3, a plan view of figs. 1 and 2,

Figure 4,.a port-ion ofthe series of burners, toillustrate the means ofregulating and controlling the dame therefrom ;v

Figure 5, a plan view of a group of burners, with their reverberators;

Figure 6, a vertical section -of iig. 5; andy Figure 7, a verticalsection of a single burner.

The letters of reference indicate the same parts in the differentfigures.

A is the gasometer, receiver, or mixing-chamber, which may be used alsoas a gas-generator, as hereinafter described. It may be of cast metal,boiler-plate, or other-material, provided with a man-hole, and of a sizeto suit the furnace-space where it is to be used.

The gasometer A is divided into several compartments by horizontalpartitions a, b, and c. In the present instance there are fourcompartments, d e f g. The lower partition a prevents any communicationwith the compartment above, except at its edges, where narrow slots arecut out, leaving only suiicieut metal to serve the purpose of attachingit to the sides of the ga'someter and holding it in position. The nextpartition b is united to the gasometer on all sides, and has an apertureof suitable size at or near its center. 'Ihe next above, c, isimperforated in the center for a space of three or four times the areaof the aperture in the remainder of its superficies being perforatedwith small holes, this arrangement causing the gases to be thoroughlymixed in their progress upward. Immediately beneath the "partitions aand h coils of perforated pipe x are placed, which convey the mixedsteam and gas from c, by means of the pipe 0, and distribute it throughtheir apertures, thereby thor# oughly mixing it with the contents of A.i

` In the top of the gasometer A burners t are xed, communicatingdirectly with the interior of the same, without the agency of pipes ofany kind, which, if used, would be liable` to obstruction bycarbonization.

These burners are, inthe present instance, arranged in groups of four,each group surrounded by an annular reverberator, made of suitablemetal, for the purpose of concentrating the heat about ,the burners tofacilitate the'combustion ofthe gas issuing therefrom.

Inside of the gasometer'A, in contact with its top, and so placed as tocoincide with the respective rows of burners, are the slides a. Theymove in guideways, and have holes corresponding with nicety to theapertures of the burners, each group of holes having an extraequidistant hole in aline with theothers in theA direction of themovement of the slide. The function of the slides is *to-regulate andcontrol the amount of heat in the furnace. Of course, when all theapertures coincide, the greatest amount of gas will be consumed,'and themaximum of heat evolved. When the slide is moved a proper distance twoburners in each group a're out oiT, reducing the heat one-half; whenmoved so`that only the extra hole coincides in each group with one ofthe burners, three-fourths are cut off; and when the extra hole and twoothers coincide, only one-fourth of the supply is out ofi'.

B isa gas-generator, which may be made of plate iron or cast metal,provided with a flange at one end, to which a removable head is bolted.A perforated pipe or coil of pipes, k, is placed inside for the purpose'of conveying and distributing the oil or other duid to be vaporized,which enters through the feed-pipe n (provided with a graduatedstop-cock) from a suitable resel'VOll'.

The pipe fm conveys the gas to the gasometer'A.

q is an outlet-pipe, through which any excess of' oil which has enteredthe generator may be withdrawn.

A similar gas-generator, U, is.placedy in the firechamber D, the oil,85o., being supplied. toit through the feed-pipe Z. It communicates withthe gasometer A by means of the pipe 0, which extends nearly to thebottom of' the gasometer.

E is a superheater, which consists of a tubular vessel extending fromthe front of the apparatus by one side and the back to the oppositeangle, where it enters the gas-generator. From the forward end of A apipe, O, extends down to the gasometer A, for the purpose of supplyingsuperheuted steam and gas thereto. The superheater is supplied withsteam through the pipe p from the boiler, (not shown,) or from any otherconvenient source. A pipe, Z, leads from the superheater E to the coilsof perforated tubes x in the gasometer A.

As a supply of oxygen by steam or air or both is necessary at thecommencement of the process, a steamgenerator, F, is provided fortemporary use. Itis formed like thc gas-generator B, or in any otherconvenient form.

Alll the stopcocks used are supplied with graduated arcs or quadrant-s,which, iu'connection with the handles acting as indexes, indicate theextent of the supply through the respective pipes.

For the double purpose of giving an additional supply of oxygen to theflame, and promoting a current or dlaught without admitting cold air, Iuse a thin perforated cover of iron orcast metal, G, (a portion of whichis shown in tig. 3,) over the whole surface of i the top of thegasometer A, through which the reverberators protrude, leaving a spaceof au inch, more or less, for the admission of steam, heated air, orboth mixed.

G is provided with a flange by which it is secured to A. The steam andair are supplied through pipes, which may be 'in the form of a coil,placed under or beside the gasometer, where they will become heated..Air may b`e forced into this coil by suitable means, and steam can beobtained from any convenient source.

Instead of the perforated cover G, a series of perforated pipes, asshown at H, can be used as a substiwill enter the gasometer A, the cocksfr and t being' closed. Then, by opening the cock u, oil is admitted toB, and, passing through the perforations in the iuterior pipe, isinstantly vaporized on the heated bottom, and the gas and steam togetherascend into the gasomctcr through the pipe m, lig. ff. The gas, as itissues from the burners, may then be lighted, the preliminary processdescribed being continued until steam can bc had from the main boilerabove, (not shown then, by opening the cock fu, 1, it will be admittedinto the superhcater E, and from thence to the gasgencrator C; then, byopening the oil-cock w, the vaporization will commence in the in )ergenerator C. The gases will then be conveyed by le pipe O to the lowercompartment cl of the gasometcr, and the further mixing thereof willproceed as already described, aud the permanent work of the furnace bein full operation.

Having thus fully described my invention,

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt, is

l. The within-described process, by means of which petroleum and otherhydrocarbon substances are va- As soon as the steam is up in thegenerator F,

pox-ized by being passed through a perforated pipe 7c, whence they fallupon the heated surface of the gasgenera'tor B, and pass thence into thegasometer or mixer A, substantially as shown and described.

2. The within-described process, by means of which steam is obtained inthe steam-generator F, and, in conjunction with the gaseous products ofpetroleum or other hydrocarbon substances, passes into the gasometer ormixer A, substantially as shown and described.

3. The within-described process, by means of which steam and thegaseousv products of petroleum are thoroughly intermixed by means of thepartitions c, b, and c, and utilized by means of the-.burners t', sulstantially as shown and described.

et.. The within-described process, by means of which superheated steamis obtained and supplied to the gasgenerator 0where it comes in contactwith the gas cous products of petroleum or other hydrocarbon substances,and such superheated steam and products in conjunction is supplied bymeans of the pipe 0 and perforated pipes sv, to the gasometer or mixerA, wherein it is thoroughly intel-mixed by means of the partitions a, b,and c, and then utilized' by means of the burners t', substantially asshown and described.

5. The auxiliary gas and steam-generators, in combination with thegasomcter A, in the manner and for the purpose described.

(i. rl`he combination of the groups of burners with their respectivereverberators, for the. purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the perforated cover G, or its equivalent, withthe gasomct-er A, for the purpose set forth.

8. The arrangement of the perforated partitions a, b, and c, in relationto each other, to the perforated pipes x, and to the gasometer A, asdescribed, for the purpose set forth.

S). The combination of the burners li with their reverberator and withthe perforated coyer G, as shown and described.

l0; 'lhe auxiliary gas-generator 0,'in combination with thegas-generator B and gasorneter A, `substantially as shown and described.

11'. The perforated slide h, for regulating the supply of gas, arrangedand operated substantially as shown and described. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in furnaces for thecombustion of petroleum and other hydrocarbon substances, as abovedescribed, I

have hercuntoset my hand and seal this 5th day of January, 1870.

' HOMER TAYLOR. [n s.] lVitnesses:

THOMAS It. Jonsson, JOHN Ensox.

